High Blood Pressure Drug May Help Cocaine Dependence

High blood pressure drug may help cocaine dependence
The study included 35 cocaine-dependent participants who were randomly assigned to receive either doxazosin or a placebo for 17 weeks. The patients were first titrated at one milligram per day, with the dose increased by one milligram per week. When it … Read more on Your Houston News

The US drug czar weighs in on Canada's pot habit
The other part is if people go into drug treatment—and the research bears this out clearly—if they knock on the door and say, look, I have a drug problem and I need help, or if they go in with handcuffs on—the outcomes are pretty similar. The … Read more on Macleans.ca

Using research to fight
She says helping those people is her passion, and big part of being able to help is reviewing the most recent research from the field. "People weren't really aware of their weight in terms of whether they were overweight of obese." She says that's an … Read more on GTN News